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Friday, September 24, 2010

Freecycle!

My parents are avid bikers. My mom has been searching garage sales for a bike trailer for my niece for a long time. I recently saw one listed on freecycle. Usually any kind of kids stuff goes really fast, so I was surprised when it was still available. When I picked it up it was a little bit bigger and older than I expected. From the mid to late 90's. My mom was a little bit unsure about it because it is open on top which could lead to flying debris.

So then my dad suggested that it could be used for trips to the grocery store. That did not make a lot of sense for my mom because she would have to ride down a busy street. I realized that it would be perfect for me! I live about a mile or so from a forest preserve with about an 8 mile bike trail loop. At the opposite end of the loop is a small offshoot that leads straight to my local natural food store. I always felt bad shopping here because this store is about twice as far of a drive as my closest conventional grocery store. This solves my guilt problem because now I am getting exercise and not having to drive at all.

So last week I strapped my reusable bags into the trailer and headed to the store. Not a bad view for a ride to the grocery store right?

It is about a 5 mile ride to the store in each direction. I made it!

I loaded my bags full of groceries back into the trailer and headed home.

I am actually kind of looking forward to going to the grocery store this week.